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SAFETY ATTAGHMENT FOR OAR HEATERS AND GAB. LAMPS. No. 388,590. Patented Aug. 28, 1888.

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GEOEGEEEEEMAN SEAVER, or DOVER, NEW HAMPsEIEE.

SAFETY ATTACHMENT FOR CAR-HEATERS AND CAR-LAM PS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 388,590, dated August 28, 1888.

Application filed April 13, 1887.

To aZZ whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE FREEMAN SEA- VER, of Dover, in the county of Strafford and State of New Hampshire, have invented a new and Improved Safety Attachment for Car- Heaters and Car-Lamps, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The object of my invention is to provide a new and improved safety attachment for carheaters and car-lam ps to prevent the cars from being set on fire by the burning fuel in the heater or lamps when the car meets with an accident or when the locomotive runs against an obstacle in its path.

The invention consists in the construction and arrangement of various parts and details and combinations of the same, as will be fully described hereinafter, and then pointed out in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate the corresponding parts in all figures.

.Figure 1 is a longitudinal sectional elevation of part of a car provided with my improvement, partly in section. Fig. 2 is a sectional elevation of part of thehood or casing fastened to the ear-heater base. Fig. 3 is an enlarged sectional plan view of my improvement on the line 00 a: of Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is an enlarged in verted sectional plan view of the same on the line y y of Fig. 1. Fig. 5 is an enlarged under side view of the hinged bottom and its connections. Fig. 6 is a central elevation of the same on the line 2 z of Fig. 5. Fig. 7 is an inverted sectional plan view of the upper part of the car-heater. Fig. 8 is a side elevation of the device attached to the cow-catcher of the 10- comotive and connections which operate the hinged platform supporting the hood or casing of the car-heater, and Fig. 9 is ,a plan view of the same.

On the bottom B of the car A is fastened an iron plate, B, to which is hinged a platform, 0, held in place by a catch, D, pivoted to the keeper D, secured to the under side of the carbottom B. To the outer end of the catch D are secured chains or links E, which extend to the front end of the locomotive, and are connected at its forward end to a U-shaped lever, F, fulcrumedon the rod F, secured to the cow Serial No. 234,596. (No model.)

path of the locomotive the lever-arm F is I moved inward when the locomotive strikes said obstruction, so that the lever F exerts a pull on the chain E, whereby the catch D is swung from under the platform 0, which is thus released and swings down. The lever F is made U-shaped, so that two rods, E, can be connected with said lever, one running to each side of the cars, as the latter are each provided with two platforms oue at each end and on opposite sides.

In the plate B and in the bottom B of the car A are a number of apertures, through which pass the rods G,provided at theirlower ends with heads G, resting on the top of said hinged platform 0. The upper ends of said rods G support ahood or casing, H, which is closed at its upper end and is adapted to fit over the car-heater K,provided with the usual base, J, having legs resting on the car-bottom B. One of the rods G is provided with-a horizontal extension, G, having an eye at its outer end,through which passes a guide-rodfiflfastened to the car-wall and serving to guide said rods G in their np-and-down motion.

On the lower end of the hood or casing H are secured a number of spring-catches, I, adapted to pass through apertures J in the base J when the hood passes downward and incloses the car-heater K. Below the apertures J in the base J are pivoted to said base H of the cover or hood H, and then through thereof of the carin the usual manner. In the top plate of the heater K is formed a longitudinal slot, K adapted to be closed by a slide, N, held in the guides K secured to the inside of the top of the car-heater. The slide N serves to, close the opening of the chimney K in case of an accident. Said slide N is operated on the downward movement of the hood or casing H by a wedge, O, secured to the inside of the top H of said hood, and which,passing through the slot K" in the top of the heater K, pushes the said slide N inward over the chimney-opening of the heater.

The car'heater K is provided with a series of pipes. P,extending on the outside of the carheater K and opening into the top of said heater, and in the lower ends of said pipes P are held balls I filled with a fire-extinguishing fluid, said balls rolling into the fire box when the car is upset. For these pipes P and balls P, I filed a separate application for United States Patent on March 5, 1887, having Serial No. 229,787.

To the top H of thehood or casing H is secured one end of a rope, Q, which passes over a pulley, Q, secured to the roof of the car A. Said rope then extends horizontally and is provided with spring-pins R, passing through an eye, S, held in a slotted arm, T, secured to the roof of the car, so that the said eye S is supported by said pins R. The eye S supports ahood, U, which is closed on top and open at the bottom, and is guided on rods U, provided at theirlower ends with heads U supporting the base of the lamp V, which base is adapted to slide on said rods U. The hood U is held above the lamp, so as not to obstruct the rays of light, and is adapted to inclose said lamp in case of accident, resting with its lower end on the base of said lamp V. The lower end of the hood or casing U is provided with spring catches U which, when the hood U slides downward, pass over the edge of the base of the lamp V, thus securely holding said hood to said base. Allthe lamps in the car A are supplied with similar devices, whichare connected with and operated by said rope Q.

The operation is as follows: \Vhen the catch D on the under side of the bottom B of the car A disengages the platform 0, as above deseribed,then the platformO swings downward, thereby permitting the rods G, supporting the hood H, to slide downward, whereby the springcatches Ipass through the apertures J in the base J, and are locked by the arms L, so that the hood H is securely fastened to the base J, completely inclosing the heater K, so that no burning fuel from the latter can pass into the car. the wedge O closes the opening of the chimney K. The downward movement of the hood II also pulls on the rope Q, so that the spring-pin R is drawn out of the eye S, which is thus set free, thereby permitting the hood U to slide downward on the rods U over the spring-catches U engaging the base of the lamp V, thus locking the hood U and the lamp V together. The lamp is completely inclosed in said hood U, so that the lamp is prevented from setting fire to the car.

form C is not unlocked by the catch Dand the car is completely upset by any cause what- When the hood passes downward, then I In case the platever, then the base J of the heater K is inclosed by said hood and the springeatches I of the hood lock the base J to said hood in the same manner as above described. The lamps V will perform a similar operation, inasmuch as the base of each lamp V slides toward the hood U on the rods U, and the hood and the base of the lamp are locked together by the spring-catches U, so that the lamps cannot set fire to the car, being completely inclosed by said hoods U. In case the car falls on its side, then the balls P in the pipes extinguish the fire in the heater K in the manner described in my previous application above referred to.

It will be seen that when the hood H is held in the position shown in Fig. 1,then the heater K is entirely uncovered, thus permitting the operator to attend to the heater in the usual manner.

Having thus fully described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters I atent- 1. The combination, with aplatform hinged to the under side of the ear-bottom and a catch for holding said platform in a horizontal position, of rods supported on said platform and passing through the base'of the car-heater, and a hood supported by said rods and adapted to inclose the car-heater, substantially as shown and described.

2. The combination, witha platform hinged to the under side of the car-bottom and a catch for holding said platform in a horizontal position, of rods secured on said platform and passing through the base of the ear-heater, a hood supported by said rods and adapted to inclose the car-heater, and catches on the hood for locking said hood to the base of the car heater, as set forth.

. 3. The combination, with a platform hinged to the under side of the car-bottom and a pivoted catch engaging said platform to hold it in a horizontal position, of links or chains con nccted with said pivoted catch, and a lever fulcrumed on the cow-catcher ofthe locomotive and extending at an angle, said lever being connected with said links or chains connected with said catch, substantially as shown and described. 7 7 V 4. The combination, with a car-heater and the base supporting said car-heater and having apertures, of rods passing through said apertures and a hood secured to said rods and adapted to slide over said ear-heater, substantially as shown and described.

5. The combination, with a car-heater and the base supporting said car-heater and having apertures, of rods passing through said apertures and a hood secured to said rods and adapted to slide over said car-heater, and catches for locking said hood to said base, sub stantially as shown and described.

6. The combination, with a car-heater provided on the inside of its top with guides, a slide held in said guides and adapted to close the chimney-opening, and a base supporting said car-heater, of rods passing through said base, a hood supported by said igads and adapted to fit over said car-heate and a wedge fastened to the inner side of the top of the hood and adapted to operate said slide in the top of the carheater, substantially as shown and described.

7. The combination, with rods secured to the roof of a car and heads fastened to the lower ends of said rods, of a lamp adapted to slide with its base on said rods, being supported on said heads of the rods, a hood adapted to slide on said rods and fitting over said lamp, and spring-catches secured to said hood and adapted to lock said lamp to said hood, substantially as shown and described.

8. The combination of rods secured to the roof of a car, a lamp supported by and fitted to slide on the said rods, and a hood suspended from the top of the ear and guided on the said rods when detached from the top of the car, substantially as herein shown and described.

9. The combination, with the platform 0,

pivoted to the under side of the car-bottom,and means for holding said platform in position, of the rods G, supported on said platform 0. the hood H, supported by said rods G and adapted to fit over the car-heater, the rope Q, connected with the top of said hood H, the

spring-pin R, secured to said rope Q, the slot- GEORGE FREEMAN SEAVER. \Vitnesses:

' J. P. BARKER,

BEN-T. P. WEAVER. 

